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ALBERT SGHOENHUT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CHILDRENS SLEDS.

Specification formirg part of Letters Patent No. 157,639, dated December8, 1874; applica-ti on tiled November 3,1874.

To all whom tt may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT SoEoENEUT, ot' Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,have invented certain Improvements in Childrens Sleds, of which thefollowing is a specification:

The object of my invention is to so construct a childs sled that it canbe used both out ot' doors as a sled, or indoors either as arockingchair or carriage; and this object I attain in the manner which Iwill now proceed to describe, referring to the accompanying drawin gs,in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my improved sled, and Fig. 2a vertical section of the same.

The opposite sides a a of the sled are, in the .present instance, madein the shape of swans,

the curved necks of 'Which impart an ornamental iinish to the saidsides. Extending across from side to side of the sled is a seat, b,having a back, d, and both seat and back may be upholstered in anysuitable manner. A footrest, e, is arranged at a convenient distancefrom the seat b. To each side a of the sled, near the lower edge of thesame, I attach a curved bar, B, which, when turned down to the positionshown in Fig. 2 and secured at the points cc w, transforms the sled intoa rocking-chair or cradle. These curved bars are connected together atthe opposite ends by cross-pieces f, and, when adjusted to .the positionshown in Fig. l, or in dotted lines in Fig. 2, serve as a convenienthandle by which the sled may be propelled over the surface of the snow.Y

When it is desirable to use the sled indoors I attach to the bottom ofeach sidle of the same two casters, i t', which allow the sled to bereadily moved over the oor of a room.

Inasmuch as a side for a sled having the form of a swan constitutes aseparate application for Letters Patent for a design, I make no claim toit here; but

I claim as my invention- The combination of the opposite sides a a ofthe sled and seat b with the connected curved bars B B, allsubstantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALBERT SCHOENHUT.

Witnesses HUBERT HoWsoN, HARRY SMITH.

